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L.Ron Hubbard: Messiah or
Madman
by Bent Corydon
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CLEAR? YEP, NOW THAT I READ THIS BOOK., January 22, 2000
Reviewer: A Reader
How I got started in Scientology and how Bent Corydon's book saved my sanity: I
was once very troubled with things in my life: job, wife, friends, bills, lost
hopes, bad childhood memories, alcoholic abusive father, etc... I looked
everywhere to find some sort of relief from the pressure building from the
millions of thoughts that can go through your head when you've lost perspective
over many years. I went to counselors, psychiatrists, priests. None were
effective in helping me find peace of mind. I simply wanted to find a way to
stop irrational anxiety attacks, feelings of inadequacy, low self esteem, and
self-destructive tendencies. Then I read "Dianetics" and was sold on how the
stuff really made sense. I also read "Scientology-A new slant..." and
"Fundamentals of thought" I thought, Wow! this "Tech" is amazing, I can rid
myself of unwanted "engrams" and live a fuller, happier life? Well, sign me up.
And so off I went to the closest "Org" and started "book one" auditing. It was
only $400.00 for every twelve hours of auditing, no biggy, less than I'd pay a
shrink, and I was feeling better. Oh, but wait, you're out of communication with
your father, your ARC triangle is all "out." -Better enroll in a "Comm" course
($400.00). Oh! the comm course uncovered some overts and with-holds on dad? Time
to see the ethics officer, yep, you guessed it, more course work required
($400.00) And we need to keep the auditting going, don't want those engrams
getting away ($400.00), ($400.00)... The wife must be "aberrated" too -another
set of course work/ auditing...($1200.00) Of course, I didn't object, I was a
"pre-clear," I have a reactive mind, therefore my opinion doesn't matter, I'm
not in my "valence" so I can't think clearly for myself. I need to keep shelling
out the cash, so the "Org" will keep "Up-Stats" Bottom line: Once they've got
the cash cow milking, the "course work" and "requirements" to move "up the
bridge" keep multiplying, and your bank account disappears! This book reveals
how "They" do it. How they take people at vulnerable times in their lives and
start washing the last threads of assertiveness and self-determinism out of
their heads and start replacing it with "Tech." -And once you've read this book,
you'll see just how scarry that "Tech" can be. Please, if you are remotely
interested in scientology or dianetics, read this book. It may just save your
sanity, if not your life. I'm clear now, clear of a dangerous cult! Look closely
if you are already involved. This book is instrumental in discovering all the
ways this truly evil organization will intrusively invade and attempt to control
your life! There are many people, as this book will prove, that have already
succumbed to the "Tech." If you really need someone to talk to, the book will
show you where to go in your area. I hope I've helped.
A scary, important, and believable book, August 31, 2005
Reviewer: Lmann
If you don't have a basic familiarity with Scientology this should NOT be the
first book you read, but the second. First should be Jon Atack's A Piece of Blue
Sky, which gives a compelling chronology of Hubbard and Scientology. You won't
be able to put the book down. Nor this one, if you know the history. Corydon's
book is essential supplementary material - disorganized, true, as some reviewers
accurately note - but gives in-depth information on aspects Atack only alludes
to, such as Hubbard's belief in black magic and how it influenced his supposedly
"positive" religion. Also includes some frightening depositions from
ex-Scientologists - the description of Hubbard's sexual "assault" on one victim
(he lay upon her for an hour, motionless, limp, smothering, while she felt she
was going crazy) is something you wont learn about from Tom Cruise and his ilk -
the celebrities are feted by Scientology, and kept far away from the dark
underbelly that powers the cult of Scientology.
L. Ron Hubbard: insane, raving, barking mad lunatic,
July 5, 2005
Reviewer: ANYONE-But-Bush2!
Three years ago I found this book at the Goodwill. While some of the book's
structure could have been better written, the information was mind-boggeling.
The copy I got at the Goodwill was missing a few dozen pages, so I used
Amazon.com to purchase a new copy.
After I read the book I filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the FBI
to acquire a copy of the FBI's files on Hubbard and Scientology so that I could
varify the book's contents. That file, when it arrived, was over 6,000 pages
thick. After much study and cross-reference, I concluded that there is NOTHING
in the book that has not been varified as factual where and when it was possible
to check.
Yes, Hubbard really was a raving madman.
Yes, Hubbard turned his fraudulent and dangerous "self-help" scam into a
"religion" only because he wanted tax-exemption status and the other perks cults
get from governments (such as the freedom to practice medicine without a
license).
Yes, Hubbard was a paranoid schizophrenic.
Yes, Hubbard and his criminal enterprise did indeed engage in extortion, murder,
espionage, burglry, jury tampering, witness intimidation, and other felonies.
If Hubbard was a "messiah," then so was Jim Jones (People's Temple) and "David
Koresh" (Branch Davidians).
I highly recommend this book.
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